{"id":421853,"date":"2026-10-08T03:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T03:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/421853\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T03:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T03:02:10","slug":"seminoles-defeat-jacksonville-3-1-florida-state-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/421853\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminoles Defeat Jacksonville, 3-1 &#8211; Florida State University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE \u2013 The Florida State volleyball team (9-6) defeated Jacksonville (7-10) 3-1 Wednesday night inside Tully Gymnasium to extend its four-match home winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>The Seminoles finished the match with 55 kills, 69 digs and eight blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Three Seminoles recorded double-digit kills, led by senior outside hitter <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/kyleene-filimaua\/8457\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8457\" target=\"_blank\">Kyleene Filimaua<\/a> with 16. Sophomore middle blocker <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/nenu-kpea\/8458\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8458\" target=\"_blank\">Nenu Kpea<\/a> added 13 kills, while junior opposite hitter <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/bailey-higgins\/8853\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8853\" target=\"_blank\">Bailey Higgins<\/a> finished with 11.<\/p>\n<p>Filimaua and Higgins each recorded double-doubles, with Filimaua adding 14 digs and Higgins posting 15. It marked Filimaua&#8217;s seventh double-double of the season, while Higgins recorded the first double-double of her career. Her 15 digs also marked a career high.<\/p>\n<p>Kpea turned in one of the most efficient performances of her career, hitting a career-high .684 on 19 attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Junior setter <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/emma-lilo\/8469\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8469\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Lilo<\/a> recorded a match-high 43 assists and added 13 digs for her fourth double-double of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Seminoles built a 7-4 lead in the first set, but the Dolphins responded to even the set at 10-10. FSU regained control with a 13-10 advantage and maintained a 15-12 lead at the media timeout. The Seminoles continued to pull away, extending their advantage to 22-17 before closing out the opening set 25-17.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins took a 6-4 lead early in the second set before FSU responded with a 5-0 run to move ahead 9-6. Jacksonville answered to tie the set at 9-9, and the teams remained within striking distance throughout the middle portion of the frame. FSU eventually created separation at 20-16 and forced a Jacksonville timeout. The Seminoles finished the set 25-22 to take a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>The third set remained close early, with the teams tied at 9-9 before Jacksonville took a 12-9 advantage and forced an FSU timeout. The Dolphins carried a 15-11 lead into the media timeout, but the Seminoles battled back to even the set at 18-18. Jacksonville regained a 22-20 advantage, only for FSU to respond with two straight points and force another Jacksonville timeout. The Dolphins ultimately held off the Seminoles 26-24 to extend the match.<\/p>\n<p>FSU came out strong in the fourth set, jumping ahead 4-0 and extending its lead to 10-4. Jacksonville cut the deficit to 15-13 at the media timeout before FSU maintained a 19-17 advantage. The Dolphins continued to battle, pulling within one at 20-19 before tying the set at 20-20. The teams traded points, and the score eventually knotted at 23-23. FSU closed the match with back-to-back points to win the set 25-23 and secure the 3-1 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Florida State remains home and returns to conference play this weekend, hosting Georgia Tech Friday at 7 p.m. and Clemson Sunday at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Both matches will be broadcast live on ACCNX, with live stats available on Seminoles.com.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFor updates and exclusive content, follow the Seminoles on X (FSU_Volleyball), Instagram (fsuvolleyball) and Facebook (Florida State Seminoles Volleyball).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE \u2013 The Florida State volleyball team (9-6) defeated Jacksonville (7-10) 3-1 Wednesday night inside Tully Gymnasium to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-421853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}